Crosthwaite, Ellen c1883 - 1895

CROSTHWAITE

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Date: 11/9/2015 at 13:25:15

Iowa Plain Dealer July 16, 1895, FP C5

FATAL ACCIDENT.

Ellen Crosthwaite is Horribly Burned and Death Ensued.

Sunday morning, Mrs. H. Crosthwaite, living on the South side, arose and started a fire in the kitchen stove and then went down town to her little store on Market street. The fire not burning as fast as desired, her daughter Ellen aged about 12 years, threw some kerosene on the fire which puffed up and set fire to her hair and cotton dress, burning every part of her body except her feet and forhead{sp} . Wherever her body was touched, the skin would crackle and break, so badly was she burned.

Dr. J. A. Barrett was immediately called, but from the first he saw the helplessness of the case and informed the family that death must surely occur in a short time. She was conscious of everything till death came to her relief about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, but although conscious she suffered but little pain, being so terribly burned as to deaden the nerves.

A sad feature in the case is that, up to the hour of going to press, (Monday afternoon) no tidings have been received of the whereabouts of the father who is absent in pursuit of his business, and who, it is supposed, attended the excursion to Minneapolis.

The funeral will take place today.

Source: Decorah Republican July 18, 1895 P 4 C 4

FATAL ACCIDENT AT CRESCO.
Ellen Crosthwaite is Horribly Burned and Death Ensues.
Plaindealer:—Sunday morning, Mrs. Crosthwaite, living on the South side, arose and started a fire in the kitchen stove and then went down town to her little store on Market street. The fire not burning as fast as desired, her daughter Ellen, aged about 12 years, threw some kerosene on the fire which puffed out and set fire to her hair and cotton dress, burning every part of her body except her feet and forehead. Wherever her body was touched, the skin would crackle and break, so badly was she burned.
Dr. J. A. Barrett was immediately called, but from the first he saw the helplessness of the case and informed the family that death must surely occur in a short time. She was conscious of everything till death came to her relief about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, but although conscious she suffered but little pain, being so terribly burned as to deaden the nerves.